If you have any further advice, particularly on assessing due diligence with updated systems and recent price reductions, I would genuinely appreciate it.

But then there are those that wing it without doing due diligence and find themselves in a tough spot which they did not plan for.

If diligent and patient investing strategies don’t sound fun, you can always just throw it all into bitcoin.

you're not missing anything; i have the same worry about gator lending. however, sometimes people are looking for way larger amounts of transactional lending, for bigger deals. in those cases, it's more justified for them to need the $ IMO. but also, more is on the line, so you still have to really do your due diligence. if you're really interested in being a gator, take pace's program. i haven't, but if i was going to seriously get into it, i would. 

These quit early propagators don't tell the "students" that nothing in real estate is actually passive other than syndications and you still need to crush the due diligence to not get taken for a ride.

It sounds like most of your issues came to light during your due diligence.

Take ownership of your mistake and learn to do the proper due diligence recommended above😊

Extensions may be granted for valid reasons, like needing more time to secure financing or complete due diligence.

My advice: keep saving diligently and look to house hacking as your first real estate investment once you build enough capital.

Take ownership of your mistake and learn to do the proper due diligence recommended above😊